baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent EP-1754989-A3 (EP)
Title: Image pickup apparatus and zoom lens
Inventor: NANJO YUSUKE
IPC: H04N5/232
Filed: 2003-03-14
Abstract: Image pickup apparatus (1), that causes no change in the image angle between the moving- and the static-image mode, comprises a zoom-lens (2) and an image pickup element (12). The size of the image is controlled when switching from one mode to the other as an auxiliary lens-group (G5) is inserted or extracted in the optical path at a location the closest to the image side. 
The image-pickup element (12) is retained with fixed lens groups within a same fixed lens barrel.
Patent EP-1762171-A3 (EP)
Inventor: DAVIDSON TAL
IPC: A61B1/00
Filed: 2006-09-11
Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for providing a scale to an anatomical object imaged by an in-vivo sensing device, including collecting an in-vivo image of the anatomical object, and applying a scale to the anatomical object, where the scale provides spatial measurements of the anatomical object.  Embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for providing spatial measurements of points approximating a spatial feature of an anatomical object imaged by an in-vivo sensing device, including collecting a set of points having an image of the anatomical obj ect, accepting a subset of the set of points approximating the spatial feature of the anatomical object, and processing the subset for providing spatial measurements of the subset.
Patent EP-1686839-A3 (EP)
Inventor: WI SOON-IM
IPC: H05B41/282
Filed: 2006-01-25
Abstract: Disclosed is a system for driving a multi-lamp, and more particularly to, a system for driving a multi-lamp for driving a parallel arrangement of a plurality of discharge lamps and a method of driving a plurality of discharge lamps and a method thereof. The multi-discharge lamp driving system comprises: a power transformer for producing a positive voltage and a negative voltage upon receipt of an alternative power source from an alternative power supply source; and a current balance distributor for being supplied with the positive voltage produced from said power transformer to divide the supplied positive voltage into a plurality of predetermined voltages, and for applying the divided predetermined voltages to the corresponding electrodes of a plurality of discharge lamps consisting of a lamp array for the purpose of distributing an amount of a current flow so that the distributed current flow inputted into each of the plurality of discharge lamps may keep to make a mutual balance from each other, wherein the negative voltage is commonly applied to second electrodes of the plurality of discharge lamps. A system for driving a multi-lamp can be manufactured at economic cost and a high contrast can be realized in a passive display apparatus in view of a replay capacity of a scene.
Patent EP-1688610-A3 (EP)
Inventor: JASINSKI JAN
IPC: F02M25/08
Filed: 2006-01-18
Abstract: A fluid flow device (22) is provided which can be positioned in a vent line (5) between a sealed fuel tank (10) and an activated carbon adsorber canister (20) in a fuel evaporative emission control system. The fluid flow device (22) is adapted to provide little pressure drop and vortex generation in a vent direction, while providing substantial pressure drop and vortex generation in a purge direction. The fluid flow device (22) may comprise the serial combination of a converger (28) and a diffuser (30).
Patent EP-1816720-A3 (EP)
Inventor: HARRY J CARLINO JAMES
IPC: H02H3/093
Filed: 2007-02-06
Abstract: An electrical switching apparatus includes a housing, separable contacts within said housing, an operating mechanism structured to open and close said separable contacts, and a trip assembly cooperating with said operating mechanism to trip open said separable contacts in response to a trip signal. The trip assembly includes a sensor structured to sense current flowing through said separable contacts, a number of breakpoint trip mechanisms providing a number of breakpoint trips in response to a number of time-current functions of said sensed current over a number of ranges of predetermined values of said sensed current, and a mechanism structured to provide said trip signal responsive to said number of breakpoint trips. A method of operating the electrical switching apparatus and a power distribution system incorporating the electrical switching apparatus are also provided.
Patent EP-1818148-A3 (EP)
Title: Vorrichtung und Verfahren zur Herstellung keramischer Hohlgegenstände durch Hochdruckgiessen
IPC: B28B1/26
Filed: 2007-02-07
Abstract: Es wird eine Vorrichtung (10) und ein Verfahren zur Herstellung keramischer Hohlgegenstände durch Hochdruckgießen beschrieben, wobei die Formvorrichtung (10) ein Formoberteil (12), ein Formunterteil (14) und Formseitenteile (16, 18) aufweist, die im geschlossenen Zustand einen dem herzustellenden keramischen Hohlgegenstand entsprechenden kernlosen Formhohlraum (20) bestimmen, der strömungstechnisch mit einem Schlickereinlass (28) und mit einem Schlickerauslass (30) verbunden ist. Um mit einer einfach ausgebildeten Vorrichtung (10) Schlickerläufer zu vermeiden, ist im Formhohlraum (20) ein Rotorelement (36) vorgesehen, das zur Erzeugung einer Drehbewegung des im kernlosen Formhohlraum (20) befindlichen Schlickers dient. Das Rotorelement (36) ist zweckmäßigerweise von einem Rührblatt (40) gebildet, das mittels einer Hohlwelle (42) mit einem Antriebsmotors (38) verbunden ist.
Patent EP-1850178-A3 (EP)
Inventor: SASAKI TOMOYA
IPC: G03F7/00
Filed: 2007-04-26
Abstract: The present invention provides a dye-containing negative curable composition comprising at least two dyes (A), an oxime photopolymerization initiator (B) and a radical polymerizable monomer (C); or a dye-containing negative curable composition comprising at east two organic-solvent soluble dyes (A), an oxime photopolymerization initiator (B), a radical polymerizable monomer (C) and an organic solvent (D), wherein the moisture content of the composition is less than 1% by mass relative to the total amount of the composition.
Patent EP-1863288-A3 (EP)
Inventor: MOON JOO HEE
IPC: H04N19/196
Filed: 2007-05-29
Abstract: There is provided an image compressing method, which comprises: partitioning a frame into a plurality of code blocks, each code block having consecutive coding passes; sequentially coding the code passes at each code block, wherein said coding at said each code block comprises: a) coding a first coding pass to produce code bits; b) calculating a rate of the code bits and a distortion; c) calculating a slope of the rate and the distortion; d) checking whether the calculated slope is smaller than a predetermined reference value; and e) if it is determined that the calculated slope is not smaller than the predetermined reference value, then coding the next coding pass and repeating step b) to step e).
Patent EP-1830156-A3 (EP)
Inventor: FUJITA TAIJIRO
IPC: B41J3/407
Filed: 2002-07-11
Abstract: A dimension measuring device comprising: 
a tubular body holding device holding a tubular body; 
a light irradiating device irradiating lights, in strip form, to illumination regions which are regions including end portions of the tubular body, and scanning the lights along direction orthogonal to an axis of the tubular body; 
a light receiving device receiving the lights emitted from the light irradiating device; and 
a dimension computing device computing a dimension, along an axial direction, of the tubular body from changes in amounts of the lights received by the light receiving device at both end portions of the tubular body.
Patent EP-1916662-A3 (EP)
Inventor: YOSHIDA KAZUYOSHI
IPC: G11B33/02
Filed: 2007-10-24
Abstract: A front panel (3) of an information reproducing apparatus which can easily be detached from a chassis. The hook portion (34a) in the front panel (3) includes a platy projecting portion (342) which has an engaging hole (341) into which the engaging pawl (29a) provided on the chassis is inserted from below, a rib (343b) which is formed on an upper surface side of the projecting portion (342), and a finger hook portion (344) which is provided on an upper end of the rib (343b) and extends in a direction toward both laterals of the projecting portion (342) to hook tips of fingers. In the above configuration, the front panel (3) can easily be detached from the chassis when a user hooks tips of fingers on a finger hook portion (344) in the hook portion (34a) and subsequently pinches and picks up the finger hook portion (344).
Patent EP-1927541-A3 (EP)
Inventor: TAKEBAYASHI HARUYUKI
IPC: B62K23/06
Filed: 2007-10-25
Abstract: A bicycle shift operating device is provided with a mounting part (30), a first operating member (32) and a first signal generator (36). The first operating member (32) is movable from a first operation start position such that the first operating member (32) returns to the first operation start position upon completion of a shifting operation. The first signal generator (36) generates a signal for changing a shift position of the bicycle shift operating device by one shift position in a first direction from a current shift position in response to the first operating member being moved from the first operation start position to a first position. The first signal generator (36) generates a signal for changing the shift position by two shift positions from the current shift position in response to the first operating member (32) being moved from the first operation start position to a second position located beyond the first position.
Patent EP-1868058-A3 (EP)
Inventor: PENISTON CHUCK
IPC: G05G1/60
Filed: 2006-01-18
Abstract: A pedal assembly that includes a snap-on treadle that can easily be attached to a pedal arm but that cannot be removed without either plastic deformation or fracture of a portion of the treadle. Also, a kickdown mechanism that changes the amount of force required to push a treadle on the pedal as the treadle is pushed further and further. In addition, a hysteresis assembly that controls the feedback that the pedal assembly provides to an operator. Further, a sensor that detects the position of the treadle. Also, rotor assembly that is convenient to assemble.
Patent EP-1842571-A3 (EP)
Title: Infrarotleuchte
Inventor: HEINZE BERND
IPC: F21V29/00
Filed: 2007-04-03
Abstract: Die vorliegende Erfindung betrifft eine Infrarotleuchte (10) mit einem im Wesentlichen trogförmigen Leuchtengehäuse (11) zur Aufnahme einer Infrarotlichtquelle, in welchem eine stirnseitige Strahlungsaustrittsöffnung (14) ausgespart ist, und einem mit dem Leuchtengehäuse (11) verbundenen Standfuß (15, 15'), die dadurch gekennzeichnet ist, dass das Leuchtengehäuse (11) zumindest teilweise von einem Schutzmantel (20) umgeben ist, wobei zwischen einer Außenfläche (21) des Leuchtengehäuses (11) und einer Innenfläche (22) des Schutzmantels (20) ein Luftspalt (23) definiert ist. Damit wird erreicht, dass der äußere Schutzmantel auch nach längerem Betrieb deutlich kühler als das innere Leuchtengehäuse selbst bleibt.
Patent EP-1859994-A3 (EP)
Inventor: MORI FUMIKATSU
IPC: H01R13/502
Filed: 2007-05-21
Abstract: A connector (30), comprising: a terminal (36) that is an elongated member connected to a wire harness (38), the axial direction of the wire harness intersecting with the longitudinal direction of the terminal at a connecting portion therebetween; a housing (32), including a terminal retaining socket (35) that retains the terminal, the terminal being inserted into the terminal retaining socket from a back face side of the housing and retained, with the leading end portion of the terminal protruding to a front face side of the housing, and the terminal being connected to a power supply point by the front face side of the housing being fitted together with a body to be fitted to; and a cover (46) that is substantially plate shaped and covers the back face side of the housing, is provided.
Patent EP-1867836-A3 (EP)
Inventor: GOOD RANDALL RICHARD
IPC: F01D5/10
Filed: 2007-06-12
Abstract: An enhanced damping system (100) for a turbine bucket (105). The damping system (100) includes a damper pocket (200) and a damper pin (230) with an offset center of gravity (235) positioned within the damper pocket (230).
Patent EP-1919054-A3 (EP)
Inventor: ECKROAD STEVEN WALLACE
IPC: H02J3/02
Filed: 2007-07-18
Abstract: An electric power transmission system that isolates a local AC transmission network from a surrounding AC system includes a local AC load center having a plurality of local AC loads, and a distribution feeder serving the plurality of local AC loads and at least one distant electric power generating station or other power source for supplying AC power to the local AC load center. A complete or partial DC transmission ring is interposed between the local AC load center and the distant electric power generating station for isolating the AC power received from the distant electric power generating station from the local AC load center by converting the AC power to DC power. The DC power is re-converted into AC power based on load requirements and the distribution feeder supplies the AC power while all local AC loads are isolated from the distant electric power generating station.
Patent EP-1931149-A3 (EP)
Inventor: MASANORI IMATA
IPC: H04N19/126
Filed: 2007-11-23
Abstract: An amount-of-compressed-data control method applicable to image data compression processing for compressing an amount of data is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: performing quantization by: dividing one digital image into multiple blocks each having nxn pixels; performing orthogonal transform on each block; and dividing nxn conversion coefficients resulting from the conversion by each threshold value of a quantization matrix including nxn threshold values each resulting from the multiplication of a predetermined coefficient S (where S is a positive real number); and variable-length encoding the quantized data. In this method, the value of the coefficient S allows the amount of compressed data to fit within a predetermined range of a target amount of data by performing the quantization and encoding by dividing the interval that the coefficient S can take on into multiple intervals and calculating the estimatedvalue of the coefficient S based on the relationship between the amount of compressed image data and the coefficient S, which is defined for each of the divided intervals.
Patent EP-1986415-A3 (EP)
Inventor: NISHIOKA NAOKI
IPC: H04N1/56
Filed: 2008-03-31
Abstract: The present invention scans a document, judges a background color of the scanned document, resets a threshold necessary for a background color judgment when the judgment result is not determinable, re-judges the background color of the document based on the reset threshold, and performs image processing according to the judgment result.
Patent EP-1942022-A3 (EP)
Title: Roller blind with centring via stops
Inventor: WALTER HERBERT
IPC: B60J1/20
Filed: 2007-02-07
Abstract: The assembly has a sunshade with an edge fixed to a winding shaft (19). A pair of guide rails (16) extends laterally adjacent to the sunshade for guiding movement of the sunshade between a retracted position and an extended position. An extension profile (21) of variable length is connected to the edge of the sunshade for the movement with the sunshade between the retracted and extended positions. Centering units (45, 46) are fixed on a car body for causing a centering movement of a center section (26) of the extension profile between the guide rails.
Patent EP-2022740-A3 (EP)
Inventor: YODA KANEO
IPC: B65H5/22
Filed: 2008-08-05
Abstract: A sheet adsorption device includes a sheet adsorbing surface (41), a suction hole (42) disposed on the sheet adsorbing surface, and a flow path shifting unit (70) that shifts between a first state and a second state of a communication flow path that is communicated with the suction hole (42) in accordance with existence of a sheet that covers the suction hole (42). The cross-section area of a flow path in the second state is smaller than that in the first state and the communication flow path (70) is not closed in the second state.
Patent EP-2040337-A3 (EP)
Inventor: IMAI TORU
IPC: H01R13/26
Filed: 2008-09-12
Abstract: There is provided an electrical connector (100) having a plurality of first contact pieces (110), each including a body portion (111), an arm portion (112) extending from the body portion (111) and a leg portion (113) extending from the body portion (111), a plurality of second contact pieces (120), each including a body portion (121), an arm portion (122) extending from the body portion (121) and a leg portion (123) extending from the body portion (121). The leg portion (113) of each first contact piece (110) is twisted at a right angle with respect to the body portion (111) of the first contact piece (110) and the leg portion (123) of each second contact piece (120) is twisted at a right angle with respect to the body portion (121) of the second contact piece (120).
Patent EP-2050866-A3 (EP)
Inventor: PYLES ROBERT ALLEN
IPC: C08J7/06
Filed: 2008-09-26
Abstract: A method of tinting a plastic article is provided. The method comprises the steps of (a) providing a plastic article comprising a thermoset or thermoplastic polymer; (b) contacting at least a portion of the surface of said plastic article with a treatment composition comprising at least one dye and water; (c) maintaining said portion of said plastic article in contact with said treatment composition for a period of time at least sufficient to form a tinted plastic article; (d) removing said tinted plastic article from contact with said treatment composition; and (e) rinsing said tinted plastic article with water to remove excess dye. The method is carried out in the absence of an organic solvent, without the need for fixing or further processing steps.
Patent EP-2068153-A3 (EP)
Inventor: SHIBUYA SATOSHI
IPC: G01N35/00
Filed: 2008-12-01
Abstract: When an automatic analyzer has several reagents for an analysis item, it is time consuming to create a calibration curve factor for each reagent, which increases the burden of the operator. Applying a single calibration curve factor to a reagent set (multiple reagents) of an analysis item, however, may result in misleading analysis data due to the discrepancy in reagent production lot number and in the reactive characteristics of reagents due to reagent deterioration. The automatic analyzer of the invention stores: a predetermined period from the opening of a reagent vessel to the deterioration of the reagent; a reagent production lot number, reagent vessel unsealing time, and reagent expiration date as reagent information kept on a reagent-set-by-set basis; and relevant calibration curve factor information. The automatic analyzer judges whether a calibration curve factor for a reagent set is applicable or not to another reagent set of the analyzer with the same production number based on the predetermined period from the reagent vessel unsealing time and on the reagent expiration date.
Patent EP-2068145-A3 (EP)
Inventor: VOGESER MICHAEL
IPC: G01N30/08
Filed: 2008-12-08
Abstract: The invention concerns a device and a method for the manipulation of a liquid sample material in which magnetic microparticles are suspended whereby the microparticles have a functionalized surface and an analyte is bound to the surface. The sample material is introduced into a device with a liquid system through an injection device (50) and in a first mobile phase the sample material is carried to an extractor (90). In a section (97) of the extractor (90) the microparticles are immobilized by means of a magnetic field of a controllable means (96) and separated from the remaining sample material. By switching over of a switching unit (110) a second mobile phase (75) is carried to the extractor (90) and the second mobile phase (75) detaches the adsorbed analyte from the surface of the microparticles. The second mobile phase (75) with the dissolved analyte(s) can be analyzed by way of chromatographic separation (130) and subsequent detection (140).
Patent EP-1978766-A3 (EP)
Inventor: OH JAE-SEUK
IPC: H04N5/44
Filed: 2008-01-02
Abstract: A method and apparatus for receiving and reproducing broadcast data by means of wireless communication. When wireless communication is disconnected, by switching to a power saving mode and reproducing a predetermined sound source or image to a user, a sound source or image can be continuously provided to the user, and power can be saved.
Patent EP-1993168-A3 (EP)
Inventor: KAI MANABU
IPC: H01Q1/22
Filed: 2008-04-21
Abstract: A crossed dual tag(10) includes two tags(1a, 1b) each of which comprises, on one plane, a dipole antenna(2) formed with conductors, a feeding part(3) to which an IC chip(5) is connected at the center of the dipole antenna(2), and a loop-shaped inductance part(4a,4b) that is formed between the dipoles(6,6) of the dipole antenna(2) and connected to the dipoles(6,6) of the dipole antenna(2) in parallel with respect to the feeding part(3). The two tags(1a,1b) are crossed at right angles, and stacked to contact each other as closely as possible so that the loops of the inductance parts(4a,4b) overlap as much as possible. A reader/writer of an RFID system sequentially switches the surface of a circular polarized wave of a wireless signal between forward and backward directions, and reads information written to a user memory area from the tag(1a,1b) that responds more strongly.
Patent EP-2009749-A3 (EP)
Inventor: HUEBL JOCHEN
IPC: H01C17/065
Filed: 2008-05-07
Abstract: Die Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren zum Ableiten eines elektrischen Überspannungspotentials von einem elektrischen Leiter (10,11,24) einer elektrischen/elektronischen Schaltung zu einem Ausgleichspotential. Es ist vorgesehen, dass der Leiter mit einer stets oder temporär elektrisch leitfähigen Substanz (14,15,16) beschichtet oder in Verbindung gebracht wird, die bis zu dem Ausgleichspotential führt und/oder dass ein an den Leiter angrenzendes elektrisch nicht leitendes Bauteil durch ein Bauteil ersetzt wird, das aus der Substanz besteht oder diese aufweist und sich bis zum Ausgleichspotential erstreckt.
Patent EP-2026603-A3 (EP)
Inventor: BEYFUS STEFANIE
IPC: H01M2/10
Filed: 2008-06-19
Abstract: Das der Erfindung zugrunde liegende Problem besteht darin, ein Ein- bzw. Ausschalten einer Hörvorrichtung bei zuverlässigem Aufbau einem Benutzer zu erleichtern. Hierzu wird eine Hörvorrichtung mit einem Batteriefach (19) zur Aufnahme einer Batterie (5) und einem Betätigungselement (10) zum Einschalten und/oder Ausschalten der Hörvorrichtung bereitgestellt. Das Betätigungselement (10) ist dabei an dem Batteriefach (19) angeordnet. Die Hörvorrichtung umfasst ein Kontaktelement (14), das eine Kontaktstelle (20) aufweist, und das in einer ersten Stellung des Betätigungselements über die Kontaktstelle (20) ein elektrisches Potential an der Batterie (5) abgreift. Der Grundgedanke besteht hierbei darin, dass das Betätigungselement (10) in einer gegenüber der ersten Stellung linear verschobenen zweiten Stellung das Kontaktelement (14) an einem von der Kontaktstelle (20) verschiedenen Abhebeabschnitt des Kontaktelements (14) abhebt, um die Kontaktstelle (20) des Kontaktelements (14) von der Batterie (5) zu entfernen. Somit wird erreicht, dass die Kontaktstelle (20) des Kontaktelements (14) nur die Batterie (5) und keine weiteren Stoffe berühren kann, so dass ein Abkratzen von Materialen und somit eine Unterbrechung eines Stromkreises vermieden wird.
Patent EP-1939882-A3 (EP)
Inventor: KANG MAN-SEOK
IPC: H04N5/91
Filed: 2004-11-10
Abstract: An information storage medium containing subtitles and a reproducing method, where the information storage medium includes: audio-visual (AV) data; and subtitle data in which at least one subtitle text data and output style information designating an output form of the subtitle texts are stored with a text format. With this, output times of subtitle texts included in the text subtitle data can be overlapped, a subtitle file can be easily produced, and subtitles for an AV stream can be output with various forms.